Harper International selected for thermal purification of natural graphite
March 9, 2021
Source: ASM International
Harper International, Buffalo, has beem chosen by Westwater Resources, Inc. to conduct engineering scaleup and front-end engineering design for production scale thermal purification as part of the Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) on the Coosa Graphite Project located in Alabama.
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Constellium developing aluminum-lithium alloys for NASA
Source: ASM International
Constellium, Paris, is developing an aluminum-lithium alloy solution, Airware®, that will be used for NASA’s Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, for missions that will ultimately send humans farther into deep space than ever before. Airware’s inherent low density, high-specific stiffness, strength and excellent mechanical properties provide the high-performance characteristics required during the demanding launch and landing phases.
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Lindberg ships two gas-fired furnaces to the manufacturing Industry
Source: ASM International
Lindberg, Michigan, announced the shipment of two gas-fired hardening and tempering furnaces to the manufacturing industry. These large-capacity box furnaces will be used for the normalizing, austenitizing, and tempering of forged components.
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One Minute Mentor: Typical applications of micro alloyed steels for automotive components
February 9, 2021
Source: ASM International
Micro alloyed steels are machined and hardened to provide necessary machinability, strength, fatigue, and wear properties after forging and direct heat treatment. The selection of an appropriate steel grade is very important in the fabrication of crankshafts.
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Ipsen’s new PdMetrics feature offers additional diagnostics
Source: ASM International
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Illinois launched new features on its PdMetrics dashboard that monitors incoming three-phase utilities, voltage, and frequency on Ipsen’s Titan 2.0 vacuum furnaces. This addition offers further diagnostics for the diffusion pump heater assembly.
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Bodycote announces further expansion in North America
Source: ASM International
Bodycote, Macclesfield, UK, announced the opening of a new facility in Syracuse, New York. The new Syracuse facility is the second new facility to be opened in North America, following the opening of the new Elgin, Illinois facility in December 2020.
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Steel Dynamics named one of world’s most admired companies
Source: ASM International
Steel Dynamics Inc, Fort Wayne, Indiana, has been named by Fortune as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies in 2021. Steel Dynamics ranked No. 1 within the metals industry.
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Steel Dynamics named one of world’s most admired companies by fortune
Source: ASM International
Steel Dynamics, Inc, Fort Wayne, Indiana, has been named by Fortune as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies in 2021. Steel Dynamics ranked No. 1 within the metals industry.
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Medical company brings vacuum in-house
Source: ASM International
Nitrex, Quebec, Canada, delivered a horizontal front-loading vacuum furnace with 6 bar quench capability to a medical device company in the USA for vacuum heat treating of dies as well as critical medical parts.
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One Minute Mentor: Microalloyed Bainitic and Martensitic DHT Steels Technology
January 12, 2021
Source: ASM International
Bainitic and martensitic microstructures in direct heat treated steels are transformed by faster cooling directly after hot forging. The strength of bainitic microalloyed steel is improved by small additions of alloying elements such as molybdenum and boron and higher cooling rates after forging.
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